Identity politics

• Verfasst von: Holtug, Nils [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Identity politics
• Titelzusatz: left and right
• Verf.angabe: Nils Holtug
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2025
• Jahr: [2025]
• Umfang: 1 online resource.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 26, 2025)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-895455-2
• DOI: doi:10.1093/9780198954552.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Society
• Sach-SW: Society & culture: general
• K10plus-PPN: 1925302431
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

According to a common narrative, identity politics derives from leftist postmodernism, and is antithetical to both liberalism and Enlightenment universalism. This narrative, however, is false. Identity politics is propagated not only by the left but also by the right - and it is not tied to postmodernism. Various forms of identity politics are, in fact, quite compatible with liberalism and Enlightenment values. Based on a liberal egalitarian framework, Nils Holtug argues that some forms of identity politics are well worth pursuing, while others should clearly be resisted. Among other things, identity politics can serve to increase the opportunities of worse off, marginalized groups.